Rope-terminal.



L. H. RANDOLPH.

ROPE TERMINAL.

, 913. V 1,079,363, Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

rinrrnn sTATEs LEWIS n. RANDOLPH, or BANDANA, KENTUCKY.

ROPE-TERMINAL." r

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25,1913.

Application filed-March 1, 1913. Serial 1101751560.

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that'I, LEWIS H. RANDOLPH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bandana, in the county of Ballard and State of Kentucky, have invented a new'and useful Rope-Terminal, of which the following" is a specification. 7

This invention relates to cord and rope holders, and more especially to terminal de'- vices having a sliding part; and the object of the same is to produce from wire a coupling device having at one end a bail or loop for attachment to the handle of a bucket and at the other end arms and movable means for clamping them to the extremity of a rope. This object is accomplished by the construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown'in the drawings wherein z- Figure l is a side elevation of this device complete, and Fig. 2 a similar elevation taken at right angles from the position in which Fig. l is seen. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the wire portion alone with the loop at the lower end thereof omitted. Fig. 4 is an end view. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings the letter R designates a rope whose end is shown at E, this rope in the present instance consisting of a num' ber of strands twisted together although they might be braided, or in fact if it were smaller the rope might be a cord composed of a single large strand.

It is well known that so called rope-ten minals are quite difficult of successful at tachment to the ends or ropes because of their so frequently being torn off of the same by the weight imposed upon them. To avoid this, devices of this character have been made of castings suitably connected, or of sheet metal, and cumbersome and complicated arrangements have been adopted whereby the parts of such devices have been attached to the rope end;.but it is my pur pose to make the entire device of wire,'for the sake both of its cheapness and simplicity and because of its ready means of application and removal when desired and because of its openness admitting the rope to dry out quickly when drawn from the water, and particularly so when used in wells and cisterns. v p

Coming more particularly 'to the present invention, the body portion of this device comprises four straight strands 5 of wire standing parallel with each other and sufficiently remote to inclose a rope R of the ize to which the device is to be attached 5 and these strands are provided atabout twopoints throughout their length with depressions 6 which are preferably slight and a little rounding as shown; At their lower extremities each two strands are twisted together as shown at 7 in Fig. 1, beneath which they continue in a two-strand loop 8 adapted toinclose the bail of a bucket or other article which is to be lifted by the rope. Rising from the opposite side of said loop, the strands again diverge at about the point 7 as perhaps best seenrin Fig. 2, and lead into the other two arms or members 5 of the body portion. I consider it desirable that thespace across the neck of the loop at 9 shall be less than the distance across the same loop lower down and a little less than the distance between any two oppositely disposed strands 5 for a purpose which will appear later. The upperextremities of said straight arms or strands 5 are turned directly inward toward each other into points 10, each of which is about the length of a diameter of the rope and may be sharpened at its extremity as shown at 11 in Fig. 4.

Cooperating with the parts thus far described I use two rings 15, each preferably also composed of a piece of wire making several convolutions as seen at the top of Fig. 1; and the normal interior size of each ring is smaller than the normal exterior size of the-body portion, and also a little smaller than the normal outside diameter of the arms 5 opposite their depressions 6. The obvious purpose is that these rings shall compress the arms of the body port-ion into contact with the periphery of the rope, thus preventing points 10 from pulling out of rope while carrying any weight, even when they lie in the depressions which are of course intended for the purpose of preven ing the rings from slipping up and down. When in operative position they stand as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3; and when it is desired to remove this device from the ropemanufacturer, for instance in Fig. 8

ally out of engagement with therope, and

the entire device can beremoved for use on fer, however, that'the wire should be galvanized or otherwise treated to prevent rusting, and that in its size of gage it be pro-Q portionate to the strain-that is to'be thrown onto the entire device.

Certain modifications may occur to the at 10 1 have shown one of the points disposed out of al'inement with the remainder. This is merely typical to indicate that it is not necessary that all four points 10 should lie in-the same plane and enter the rope'opposite to each other. In fact it might be better to have them disposed at difierent points along the rope. And if so it would be possible to employ smaller rings 6 when this device is to beclamped upon a smaller rope than shown, and it will be understood that smaller rings would draw the strands 5 closer together andtherefore cause the points 10 to extend more than half way through the rope, or otherwise these points might be made shorter for the smaller rope.

What is claimed is 1. The herein described clamp for a rope endcomprising'four strands of wire'hav- Copies of. this patent may be obtained for ing substantially straight bodies with oppositely disposed depressions at points tl'ironghout their length and intnrned points at their upper ends, their lower ends being twisted together, in pairs into a loop standing beyond the extremity of the rope; and rings of a size on their interior slightly less than the'exterior size of said strand when the latter are disposed about a rope end, the rings standing within said depressions.

2. The herein described clamp for a rope end comprising four strands of wire having substantially straight bodies and inturned points at their upper ends, their lower ends "being twisted together in pairs into a loop standing beyond the extremity of the rope and having a neck of less width than its body or the diameter of said rope; and rings of a size on their interior slightly less than the exterior size of said strands when the latter are disposed about a rope end, and

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